Great art, the more specific you are, the more universal it becomes, and that's the thing that I loved about 'The Wire.'
The NFL is such a large, multibillion dollar enterprise with fan loyalty because they have provided not only entertainment for sports fans, but memories, good memories, family memories to these fans, that can only bring about good will.
I trained at Juilliard so that I could do all kinds of genres, so that's what I'm trained to do.
Juilliard gave me the ability to go and do classical, contemporary, comedy, drama, everything.
The key, I always thought, to my career would be diversity - a diversity of not only the type of work that you do but the mediums.
The role of culture is that it's the form through which we as a society reflect on who we are, where we've been, where we hope to be.
We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer.
David Simon is a brilliant writer, brilliant at being able to take what is ordinary and make it extraordinary.
The key, I always thought, to my career would be diversity - a diversity of not only the type of work that you do but the mediums.
Juilliard gave me the ability to go and do classical, contemporary, comedy, drama, everything.
Great art, the more specific you are, the more universal it becomes, and that's the thing that I loved about 'The Wire.'